REU Site: Physics at the University of California, Davis

该奖项支持加州大学戴维斯分校物理系的一个REU网站的更新。 研究导师和潜在的项目来自该部门的各个领域：生物物理学，凝聚态，计算物理学，宇宙学，核和高能物理学。 学生被分配到研究实验室根据他们的技能和所述的兴趣。 该计划为学生提供了在典型课程中看不到的物理学观点：研究的喜悦和挫折的第一手经验，以及接触几种类型的物理学职业。 学生将受益不仅从他们的具体研究项目，但也从与戴维斯教师，研究生和其他REU学生的互动;并从实地考察显示在不同的环境中与物理相关的工作。 在课程结束时，每位参与者都会做一个15分钟的研究报告，并写一篇简短的论文来描述他们的工作。 有一个正式和非正式的会谈和讨论的REU学生和参与该计划的各种教师之间的程序。 REU网站的目标是一个混合的学生群体，强烈鼓励来自北方加州的非研究机构的申请，以及从全国各地的四年制学院和大学选择许多参与者。

This award supports the renewal of an REU site in the Department of Physics of the University of California at Davis. The research mentors and potential projects come from all areas of the department: biophysics, condensed matter, computational physics, cosmology, nuclear, and high energy physics. Students are assigned to research labs based on their skills and stated interests. The program gives students views of physics not seen in typical coursework: first-hand experience of the joys and frustrations of research, and exposure to several types of physics careers. The students will benefit not only from their specific research projects but also from interactions with Davis faculty, graduate students, and other REU students; and from field trips showing physics-related work in diverse settings. At the end of the program, each participant gives a 15-minute research presentation and writes a short paper describing the work. There is a program of both formal and informal talks and discussions among the REU students and various faculty involved in the program. The REU site targets a mixed group of students, strongly encouraging applications from non-research institutions in northern California as well as selecting many participants from four-year colleges and universities across the nation.